quantulumn.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒntjᵿləm/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑn(t)ʃələm/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quantulum.

Etymology: < classical Latin quantulum small amount, use as noun of neuter of quantulus how small < quantus how much (see quantum n.) +-ulus -ulus suffix.Compare the following example of classical Latin quantulumcumque ( < quantulum + -cumque : see Quicunque vult n.) in a work title:1695 W. Petty (title) Sir William Petty his Quantulumcunque concerning money to the Lord Marquess of Halyfax, anno 1682.

Now rare.

A small amount or portion; a small sum of money.

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1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 352 The quantulum at which Oxenstern admired would be a large allowance now.

1832 J. G. Lockhart Noctes Ambrosianæ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 388 A decent quantulum of place and pension.

1844 D. A. White in N. Amer. Rev. (1845) Jan. 52 It is an imposition..to confer a title declarative of respectable literary attainments upon a young man..with..a quantulum of wayside knowledge gleaned from lecture-rooms.

1894 School Rev. 2 477 Therefore I recommend parsing and analysis, to occupy a certain quantulum of our precious English time.

2001 De Sabata's Beethoven Fifth in rec.music.classical.recordings (Usenet newsgroup) 23 Jan. The strain of a poor foreigner to express some poor thoughts with his quantulum of knowledge of the glorious index of lexemes Shakespeare's language provides.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quantulum
释义	quantulumn. Brit. /ˈkwɒntjᵿləm/, U.S. /ˈkwɑn(t)ʃələm/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quantulum. Etymology: < classical Latin quantulum small amount, use as noun of neuter of quantulus how small < quantus how much (see quantum n.) +-ulus -ulus suffix.Compare the following example of classical Latin quantulumcumque ( < quantulum + -cumque : see Quicunque vult n.) in a work title:1695 W. Petty (title) Sir William Petty his Quantulumcunque concerning money to the Lord Marquess of Halyfax, anno 1682. Now rare. A small amount or portion; a small sum of money. ΚΠ 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More II. 352 The quantulum at which Oxenstern admired would be a large allowance now. 1832 J. G. Lockhart Noctes Ambrosianæ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 388 A decent quantulum of place and pension. 1844 D. A. White in N. Amer. Rev. (1845) Jan. 52 It is an imposition..to confer a title declarative of respectable literary attainments upon a young man..with..a quantulum of wayside knowledge gleaned from lecture-rooms. 1894 School Rev. 2 477 Therefore I recommend parsing and analysis, to occupy a certain quantulum of our precious English time. 2001 De Sabata's Beethoven Fifth in rec.music.classical.recordings (Usenet newsgroup) 23 Jan. The strain of a poor foreigner to express some poor thoughts with his quantulum of knowledge of the glorious index of lexemes Shakespeare's language provides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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